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    Cherry Ventures

    Berlin, GermanyFounded 2012

    Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that primarily focuses on seed, pre-seed, and early Series A investments across Europe, particularly in internet and software technology businesses. Their strategy is "founders first," emphasizing strong founding teams and providing extensive support, often as the first institutional investor, with a significant portion of their funds reserved for follow-on rounds.

    Deal activity increased 46% year-over-year (19 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $26.9M (across 117 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    122

    Fund Size

    $906M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    19

    Team

    FD

    Filip Dames

    Founding Partner

    DM

    Dinika Mahtani

    Partner

    Nadja Reischel

    Nadja Reischel

    Principal

    JM

    Jasper Masemann

    Investor

    Julius de Gruyter

    Julius de Gruyter

    Investor

    LP

    Lily Petherick

    Investor

    Patrick Doran

    Patrick Doran

    Investor

    RB

    Rob Bearden

    Co-Founder and CEO

    IA

    Immad Akhund

    CEO

    AF

    Arif Fazal

    KM

    Kieran Mahanty

    UM

    Udi Mokady

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    122 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Plato logoPlatoSeed$14.5MFeb 2026
    BBenSeries B$27.5MDec 2025
    Dash0 logoDash0Series A$35MOct 2025
    Lunos AI logoLunos AIPre-Seed$5MSep 2025
    Light logoLightSeries A$25MSep 2025
    Proxima Fusion logoProxima FusionSeries A$145MSep 2025
    PPhoebeSeed$17MAug 2025
    Q.ANT logoQ.ANTSeries A$62MJul 2025
    KKikuSeed$4MJul 2025
    KKikuUnknownJul 2025
    Climatiq logoClimatiqSeries A$10MJun 2025
    VVoliroSeries A$19.8MJun 2025
    Proxima Fusion logoProxima FusionSeries A$130MJun 2025
    Proxima Fusion logoProxima FusionSeries A$148MJun 2025
    Maze logoMazeSeries A$21.8MJun 2025
    Co-Power logoCo-PowerSeed$6.8MJun 2025
    Ravio logoRavioSeries A$12MMay 2025
    ALICE logoALICESeed$4.2MMay 2025
    Telli logoTelliPre-Seed$3.6MApr 2025
    Swap logoSwapSeries B$40MMar 2025
    Integral logoIntegralSeries A$6.3MFeb 2025
    Trace.Space logoTrace.SpaceSeed$3.8MFeb 2025
    Trace.Space logoTrace.SpaceSeed$4MFeb 2025
    Robeauté logoRobeautéSeries B$27.2MJan 2025
    OASYS NOW logoOASYS NOWSeed$1.1MDec 2024
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    Top Co-Investors

    Atomico9 shared
    Seedcamp8 shared
    Northzone8 shared
    EQT Ventures5 shared
    Speedinvest4 shared
    Accel4 shared
    Y Combinator3 shared
    LocalGlobe2 shared
    DST Global2 shared
    Motive Partners2 shared
    Creandum1 shared

    Last updated: 5 March 2026